The Atomic Age: Scientific Overview

by Dr. Frank Settle, Department of Chemistry, Washington & Lee University

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1. Introduction
2. Discovery of the Neutron (1932)
3. Playing with Neutrons (1934 - 1938)
4. Discovery of Fission (1938)
5. Discovery and Isolation of Plutonium (1941)
6. Controlled Fission Chain Reaction (1942)
7. Nuclear Fuel Cycle
8. The Chemistry and Metallurgy of Uranium Production
9. Uranium-235 Enrichment
10. Nuclear Reactors
11. Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel
12. Nuclear Waste
13. Nuclear Weapons
14. Effects of Nuclear Radiation
15. Radiological Terrorism
16. Nuclear Proliferation
17. Problems
18. Case Study